Timespan between first and last time ranked No. 3

Rank (exact):

The longest career span at No. 3 in ATP history belongs to Novak Djokovic: 18y 8m 14d, from 2007-07-09 to 2026-03-23. Second is Rafael Nadal (17y 3m 20d). Third is Roger Federer (16y 7m 17d). The list includes 62 players in total. 7 of them spanned more than a decade at No. 3.

Record leaderboard
Rank	Player	Timespan	First	Last
1	Novak Djokovic	18y 8m 14d	2007-07-09	2026-03-23
2	Rafael Nadal	17y 3m 20d	2005-06-06	2022-09-26
3	Roger Federer	16y 7m 17d	2003-07-07	2020-02-24
4	Andre Agassi	13y 11m 0d	1988-11-07	2002-10-07
5	Jimmy Connors	12y 7m 4d	1973-11-26	1986-06-30
6	Boris Becker	10y 4m 19d	1986-06-09	1996-10-28
7	Ivan Lendl	10y 0m 9d	1981-08-24	1991-09-02
8	Pete Sampras	9y 0m 16d	1992-02-24	2001-03-12
9	Andy Murray	8y 5m 19d	2009-05-11	2017-10-30
10	Alexander Zverev	8y 5m 14d	2017-11-06	2026-04-20
11	Stefan Edberg	7y 10m 3d	1986-09-22	1994-07-25
12	Guillermo Vilas	7y 2m 21d	1975-04-21	1982-07-12
13	John McEnroe	7y 2m 0d	1979-04-02	1986-06-02
14	Bjorn Borg	6y 10m 17d	1974-12-30	1981-11-16
15	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	5y 5m 11d	1996-11-04	2002-04-15
16	Mats Wilander	5y 2m 25d	1984-02-20	1989-05-15
17	Marat Safin	4y 10m 6d	2000-11-06	2005-09-12
18	Lleyton Hewitt	4y 0m 23d	2001-09-10	2005-10-03
19	Andy Roddick	3y 6m 4d	2004-02-02	2007-08-06
20	Stan Wawrinka	3y 5m 13d	2014-01-27	2017-07-10

Other Rank values — same record

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Related records — No. 3

Weeks at No. 3 Consec. Weeks at No. 3 Year-End Finishes at No. 3 Consec. Year-End at No. 3 Youngest to Reach No. 3 Oldest to Reach No. 3 Youngest Year-End at No. 3 Oldest Year-End at No. 3 Year-End Career Span at No. 3